FOREST CITY — Iowa State University Extension will host a pasture management field day at 1 p.m. Thursday, Sept 21, at a pasture located southeast of Forest City.

Pasture location is 3.5 miles east of Highway 69 on County B14, which is also 330th Street. Alternatively this is 1.5 miles east of Taft Avenue or 1.5 miles west of Welch Avenue via County Road B14 which is also 330th Street. The pasture is rented and operated by Lynn Kluver.

The main focus of the field day will be pasture weed control demonstrating the effects of thistle and weed control using drone applied herbicide on areas that are difficult to navigate in the pasture. A demo of the drone will be featured.

Gentry Sorenson, ISU Extension field agronomist, will discuss general pasture weed control methods, and Lynn Kluver, pasture operator, and Adam Stenberg, drone operator, will discuss weed control methods and their effectiveness in the pasture and demonstrate the drone.

Also a discussion of opportunities to graze wildlife management areas will be led by T.J. Herrick Iowa DNR wildlife biologist and Lynn Kluver.

Other topics include basic grazing management along with tips on fall pasture care, forage and feed management for fall and winter, and resources available.

For more informatio, contact Russ Euken, ISU Extension livestock specialist at Hancock County Extension 641-923-2856 or reuken@iastate.edu.